Kennedy Johnson was 15 years old when she gave birth to a baby girl in a Detroit foster home for teen moms, in February 1996. Twenty-five years later, when Johnson found herself in northern Ghana being made a queen, she couldn’t quite believe where life had led her.
In front of an adoring crowd in Tamale, Развлечения для взрослых в Израиле the largest city in northern Ghana, Johnson was given her honorary title of "Zosimli Naa" in October 2021. It was conferred on her by the Dakpema, Abdul-Razik Salifu, a local spiritual leader, with Zosimli Naa roughly translating as "Friendship Queen" — effectively making her the Dakpema’s head of development in the area.
Thousands of miles from home, riding on a horse and dressed in traditional royal attire, Johnson would have been forgiven for thinking she was in a dream.
"I’m still pinching myself," Johnson told CNN. "It feels very surreal.
